ROUTE: Woodburn, IN to Woodruff, SC: 782 miles (611 loaded + 171 deadhead)
09/22/25: Picked up a load in Woodburn, IN going to Woodruff, SC for delivery on 09/24.. There’s a quaint Mexican restaurant about 10 minutes from the consignee so I had a nice lunch there after I delivered the load.
BOOK REVIEW: The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (2025), Fiction – RATING (****)
There are many hidden messages, some more subtle than others but the story flows naturally. At times the language used by the characters teenage years is out of context and sounds more like messaging than narrative. It made it less believable, and I almost lost interest, but it quickly recovered back to their adult narratives.
It evolves into an open discussion about the right of life, but it presents the merits of both the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life arguments and doesn’t lecture about which one has greater validity.
It also has many messages about parenthood, the difficulties of marriage life, love and the stressfulness of political campaigns.
Overall suspenseful enough to want to finish it and see how it unfolds. Glad it didn’t have a Hollywood happy ending.
